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Xerox develops printer paper that erases itself

Xerox has developed a printer paper that if used with a particular form of printing would erase itself after a day.

This technology can be put to good use in offices where a lot of documents are printed for temporary purposes.

The paper can be reused after the ink on it vanishes.

The technology related to this paper and the special ink is still in a preliminary state.

Paul Smith, manager of XRCC’s new materials design and synthesis lab spoke about the technology: “Despite our reliance on computers to share and process information, there is still a strong dependence on the printed page for reading and absorbing content. Of course, we’d all like to use less paper, but we know from talking with customers that many people still prefer to work with information on paper. Self-erasing documents for short-term use offers the best of both worlds.”

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